Storm depression Sabine is currently stopping air traffic in Europe. But thanks to the hurricane low, a Boeing 747 flew from New York to London in record time.
- A hurricane low sweeps across Europe and Germany.
- The violent storm is called Ciara in Great Britain and in Germany we speak of storm depression Sabine.
- A British airline has broken a record thanks to the extreme weather conditions.
London - The flight time from New York to London is normally more than six hours n. A British Airways aircraft has now covered this 5500 km route in a best time, namely in 4 hours 56 minutes .
The Boeing 747-436 landed at London Heathrow airport on Sunday morning, 80 minutes earlier than planned . Experts consider this time to be phenomenal and speak of the fastest flight from New York to London. There was also a dramatic scene at Munich Airport, as Merkur.de * reports.
Storm depth Sabine: less than five hours across the Atlantic
The hurricane low *, which we call storm depth Sabine in Germany , has accelerated the flight time incredibly. The plane flew across the Atlantic with an enormous tailwind and broke all records, as reported by the portal Flightradar24 via Twitter. Norwegian Airways' record of five hours and 13 minutes has been exceeded.
"For us, safety is more important than speed records, but our highly trained pilots used the weather conditions to get passengers to London much earlier than planned," said British Airways.
While the Boeing 747-436 got a good boost from the storm trough, "Sabine" paralyzed the rail traffic almost completely on Monday morning. Long-distance traffic was discontinued nationwide and regional traffic in Bavaria largely came to a standstill *. But neither train customers nor plane passengers have to let their tickets expire. How commuters and travelers can best process cancellations, rebookings and refunds * can be found at Merkur.de *.
However, many schoolchildren can probably also benefit from the hurricane depression. Because in Bavaria the lessons on Monday were nationwide, and in many other regions of Germany the students did not have to attend classes *. However, there were emergency care programs in some places unless parents could otherwise accommodate their children.
So far, only the Concorde was faster on this route. The supersonic jet managed this route in less than three hours in 1996. At that time the fastest Atlantic crossing in the history of civil aviation. The flight operations of the Concorde "The Queen of the Skies" ended in 2003.
Storm depth Sabine: Airplane reaches speeds of up to 1,327 km / h
The British Airways plane has reached speeds of 1,327 km / h , reports the BBC. However, it still has to be officially checked whether the machine has actually set a record. According to experts, the pilot used the jet stream for his aircraft. However, the jet stream could be particularly strong and turbulent at this time of year. That is not dangerous. According to BBC research, the jet stream reached 418 km / h on Sunday morning.
Fastest across the Atlantic tonight from New York to London so far is # BA112 at 4hr56m. # VS4 in 4:57, and # VS46 in 4:59. https://t.co/gfYoHGV3Y6https://t.co/kMhjCqdEtt
If we're not mistaken, BA now retakes the fastest subsonic NY-London crossing from Norwegian. pic.twitter.com/Sr1GPeAjuh
The British news portal quotes a spokesman for British Airways: "Safety always has priority." And further: "Our highly trained pilots use the conditions to bring our passengers to London on time."
By the way: Flights that fly from London to New York - that is, fly in the opposite direction - always take two to two and a half hours longer on this route.
Apart from that, the hurricane low Sabine swirls the traffic in the air and on the ground Germany. Strong winds often create great dangers. Hurricane, storm, hurricane, tornado - read all about the dangerous winds here *. Deutsche Bahn has completely stopped long-distance traffic. Rail travelers are stranded and stuck. The storm low only peaks on Monday night. Numerous schools in Germany * will be canceled on Monday. In large parts of Europe, the storm raged so much that thousands remained without electricity and people were killed. *
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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network .
List of rubric lists: © dpa / Silas Stein
